The Crusades: causes, journeys and what changed in trade and ideas

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Which two boxes lead into the voyage to Constantinople, Esme asks?

   • An order from the pope, together with the debt
   • The debt to Venice, on its own
   • The sack of 1204 and the Latin empire
   • The debt to Venice and the prince's offer
2. 2.

   What two things came from about 200 years of travel, by the chain, Kira asks?

   • Italian trading quarters, and many chronicles
   • More spices in Europe, and nothing else
   • The sack of Constantinople, and the Latin empire
   • Translations of Arabic science, made in the Crusader states
4. 3.

   Which is the stronger explanation of the 1204 sack, with its reason, Milo asks?

   • The debt alone, since it is the first box
   • Several causes together, since the chain links three of them
   • The Latin empire, since it went on ruling the city until 1261
   • A plan from 1095, since the call came first
5. 4.

   Which effect of 1204 do the chain and note both point to, Noah asks?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • A deeper split between the Western and Eastern churches
   • The Crusaders' arrival at Jerusalem in 1204
   • Latin rule over the city that lasted from then to this day
   • A quick reunion of the Western and Eastern churches
7. 5.

   Card A calls the Alexiad pro-Byzantine. What should a reader keep in mind, Pia asks?

   • It was written long after 1291
   • It must be mistaken about each event and person it describes
   • It tells events from the Byzantine side and praises Alexius
   • It was written by one of the Crusade's leaders
8. 6.

   Which two cards come from writers who lived in the East, not western Europe, Ren asks?

   Use the picture in question 5.

   • Card A and Card C
   • Card C, by itself
   • Card B and Card C
   • Card A and Card B
9. 7.

   Why read Cards A, B and C together, Tala asks?

   Use the picture in question 5.

   • Card C is the Byzantine side of the story
   • They tell the same story in the same words
   • Each tells the Crusades from a different side
   • The three were written by Crusaders on the march
10. 8.

    Zee's note says the Crusades brought Arabic science to Europe through the Crusader states. Which change fixes it?

    Use the picture in question 5.

    • Change Arabic science to Greek poems
    • The routes were Spain and Sicily, not the Crusader states
    • Change the Crusader states to Constantinople
    • Keep the note, since the trade chain in box 3 says exactly that
12. 9.

    Ari's note says the Crusaders took Constantinople, a Muslim city, in 1204. Which change fixes it?

    • Constantinople was a Christian city, not a Muslim one
    • Change Constantinople to Jerusalem
    • Keep the note, since it was the city where Saladin ruled
    • Change 1204 to 1099, and keep the rest
13. 10.

    Bo's note says the pope praised the Crusaders for taking Constantinople. Which change fixes it?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • Change 1204 to 1261 in the note
    • Keep the note: the pope had planned the attack
    • The pope was ashamed and rebuked them
    • Change the pope to the leader of Venice